EP1668187B1 - Crash attenuator with cable and cylinder arrangement for decelerating vehicles - Google Patents

Crash attenuator with cable and cylinder arrangement for decelerating vehicles Download PDF

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EP1668187B1
EP1668187B1 EP04780671.6A EP04780671A EP1668187B1 EP 1668187 B1 EP1668187 B1 EP 1668187B1 EP 04780671 A EP04780671 A EP 04780671A EP 1668187 B1 EP1668187 B1 EP 1668187B1
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Randy L. Stabler Companies Inc. WARNER
Kelly R. Morgan Valley Manufacturing Inc. STRONG
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/14—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact specially adapted for local protection, e.g. for bridge piers, for traffic islands
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact
    • E01F15/14—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact specially adapted for local protection, e.g. for bridge piers, for traffic islands
    • E01F15/145—Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers
    • E01F15/146—Means for vehicle stopping using impact energy absorbers fixed arrangements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
    • E01F—ADDITIONAL WORK, SUCH AS EQUIPPING ROADS OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PLATFORMS, HELICOPTER LANDING STAGES, SIGNS, SNOW FENCES, OR THE LIKE
    • E01F15/00—Safety arrangements for slowing, redirecting or stopping errant vehicles, e.g. guard posts or bollards; Arrangements for reducing damage to roadside structures due to vehicular impact

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  • the present invention relates to vehicle crash attenuators, and, in particular, to a crash attenuator for controlling the deceleration of crashing vehicles using a cable and cylinder braking arrangement.
  • NCHRP Report 350 specifies criteria for evaluating the safety performance of various highway devices, such as crash attenuators. Included in NCHRP Report 350 are recommendations for run-down deceleration rates for vehicles to be used in designing crash attenuators that meet NCHRP Report 350's test levels 2, 3 and 4.
  • crash attenuators that are deployed today along roadways to redirect or stop vehicles that have left the roadway use various structural arrangements in which the barrier compresses and/or collapses in response to the vehicle impacting the barrier. Some of these crash attenuators also include supplemental braking systems that produce a constant retarding force to slow down crashing vehicles, despite variations in the mass and/or velocity of the vehicle impacting the barrier.
  • NCHRP Report 350 for crash testing require a maximum vehicle occupant impact speed which is the speed of the occupant striking the interior surface of the vehicle, of 12 meters/second, with a preferred speed of 9 meters/second.
  • constant braking force crash attenuators will stop a smaller mass vehicle in a distance of around 2.4 meter (8 feet). This is because most constant braking force crash attenuators need to exert an increased braking force that will allow larger mass vehicles, such as pickup trucks, to be stopped in a distance of around 5.2 meter (17 feet).
  • US4844213 discloses an energy absorption system using progressive collapses through plastic deformation of compression members.
  • One drawback with the embodiments as disclosed in US4844213 is that the energy absorption system acts with the same force no matter which force that impacts the energy absorption system.
  • the present invention is an improved crash attenuator according to clalim 1 that uses a cable and cylinder braking arrangement to control the rate at which a vehicle impacting the crash attenuator is decelerated to a safe stop.
  • the crash attenuator of the present invention uses a cable and cylinder arrangement that exerts a resistive force that varies over distance to control a crashing vehicle's run-down deceleration and occupant impact speed in accordance with the requirements of NCHRP Report 350.
  • the crash attenuator of the present invention provides a ride-down travel distance for smaller mass vehicles in which such vehicles, during a high speed impact, are able to travel 3 meter (10 feet) or more before completely stopping.
  • the crash attenuator of the present invention also includes an elongated guardrail-like structure comprised of a front impact section and a plurality of trailing mobile sections with overlapping side panel sections that telescope down as the crash attenuator is compressed in response to being struck by a vehicle.
  • the front impact section is rotatably mounted on at least one guiderail attached to the ground, while the mobile sections are slidably mounted on the at least one guiderail. It should be noted, however, that two or more guiderails are preferably used with the crash attenuator of the present invention.
  • the cable and cylinder arrangement includes preferably a steel wire rope cable that is attached to a sled that is part of the attenuator's front impact section by means of an open spelter socket attached to the sled. From the open spelter socket, the cable is pulled through an open backed tube that is affixed to the front base of the crash attenuator.
  • a shock-arresting hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder with a first stack of static sheaves positioned near the back end of the cylinder and a second stack of static sheaves on the end of the cylinder's protruding piston rod.
  • All of the sheaves are pinned and rotationally stationary during impact of the crash attenuator by a vehicle.
  • the cable is looped several times around the static sheaves located at the rear of the cylinder and at the end of the cylinder's piston rod. Thereafter, the cable is terminated to a threaded adjustable eyebolt that is attached to a plate welded to the side of one of the base rails.
  • the front section When a crashing vehicle impacts the front section of the crash attenuator, the front section is caused to translate backwards on the guiderails towards the multiple mobile sections located behind the front section. As the front section translates backwards, the rear-most portion of a sled acting as its support frame comes into contact with the support frame supporting the panels of the mobile section just behind the front section. This mobile section's support frame, in turn, comes into contact with the support frame supporting the panels of the next mobile section, and so on.
  • the cable attached to the sled is caused to frictionally slide around the sheaves and compress or extend the cylinder's piston rod into or out of the cylinder.
  • the sheaves located at the end of the piston rod are also attached to a movable plate so that the sheaves move longitudinally as the cylinder's piston rod is compressed into or extended out of the cylinder by the cable as it slides around the sheaves in response to the front section of the crash attenuator being impacted by a vehicle. This results in a restraining force being exerted on the sled to control its backward movement.
  • the restraining force exerted by the cable on the sled is controlled by the cylinder, which is metered using internal orifices to give a vehicle impacting the attenuator a controlled ride-down based on the vehicle's kinetic energy.
  • a minimum restraining force is applied to the front section to decelerate the crashing vehicle until the point of occupant impact with the interior surface of the vehicle, after which an increased resistance, but steady deceleration force, is maintained.
  • the present invention uses a cable and cylinder arrangement with a varying restraining force to control the rate at which a crashing vehicle is decelerated to safely stop the vehicle. Accelerating the mass of the frames during collision also contributes to the stopping force. Therefore, the total stopping force is a combination of friction, the resistance exerted by the shock arresting cylinder and the acceleration of structural masses in response to the velocity of the colliding vehicle upon impact and crush factors in the body and frame of the vehicle.
  • the crash attenuator of the present invention also includes a variety of transition arrangements to provide a smooth continuation from the crash attenuator to a fixed barrier of varying shape and design.
  • the structure of the transition unit varies according to the type of fixed barrier that the crash attenuator is connected to.
  • the cable and cylinder arrangement used in the crash attenuator of the present invention can be used with or in other structural arrangements that are designed to bear impacts by vehicles and other moving objects.
  • the alternative embodiments of the cable and cylinder arrangement with such alternative structural arrangements would include the cable, the cylinder and sheaves used in the cable and cylinder arrangement of the crash attenuator of the present invention.
  • the present invention is a vehicle crash attenuator that uses a cable and cylinder arrangement and collapsing structure to safely decelerate a vehicle impacting the attenuator.
  • Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the preferred embodiment of the crash attenuator 10 of the present invention in its fully extended position.
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the crash attenuator 10 of the present invention, again in its fully extended position.
  • crash attenuator 10 is an elongated guardrail-type structure including a front section 12 and a plurality of mobile sections 14 positioned behind front section 12. As shown in Figures 1 and 2 , front section 12 and mobile sections 14 are positioned longitudinally with respect to one another. Crash attenuator 10 is typically positioned alongside a roadway 11 and oriented with respect to the flow of traffic in roadway 11 shown by arrow 13 in Figure 2 .
  • a corrugated panel 16 which preferably has a trapezoidal-like profile.
  • Supporting these panels 16 is a rectangular-shaped frame or sled 18 that is constructed from four vertical frame members 20, which, in turn, are joined by four laterally extending substantially parallel cross-frame members 22 and four longitudinally extending substantially parallel cross-frame members 23 for structural rigidity.
  • front section 12 also includes a diagonal-support member 21 extending horizontally and diagonally from the front right of sled 18 to the rear left of sled 18 so as to form a lattice-like structure to resist twisting of sled 18 upon angled frontal hits.
  • vertical frame members.20, cross-frame members 22, cross-frame members 23 and diagonal-support member 21 are all constructed from mild steel tubing and are welded together.
  • each of panels 16 includes two substantially horizontal slits 24 that extend a partial distance along the length of panel 16 and is mounted on one side of vertical frame members 20 by two bolts 19. For front side panel 16, there are two additional mounting bolts 19 holding the front of panel 16.
  • each of the mobile sections 14 is constructed with a rectangular-shaped frame 26 that also includes a pair of vertical frame members 20 joined, again, together by a pair of cross-frame members 22.
  • members 20 and 22 forming frames 26 are also constructed from mild steel tubing and welded together.
  • Mounted on each side of each of the vertical frame members 20 of mobile sections 14 is a corrugated side panel 28 that is somewhat shorter in length than each of side panels 16, but that also have a trapezoidal-like profile like side panels 16.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show that each frame 26 supports a pair of panels 28, one on each side of frame 26.
  • panels 28 are also made from galvanized steel.
  • Each of panels 28 also includes two substantially horizontal slits 24 that extend a partial distance along the length of panel 28 and is mounted on one side of vertical frame members 20 by two keeper bolts 30, which protrude through horizontal slits 24 of preceding and partially overlapping panel 16.
  • overlapping panels 16 and 28 act as deflection plates to redirect a vehicle upon laterally striking the crash attenuator 10.
  • Front section 12 and mobile sections 14 are not rigidly joined to one another, but interact with one another in a sliding arrangement, as best seen in Figures 8-10 .
  • each of corrugated panels 28 is joined to a vertical support member 20 of a corresponding support frame 26 by a pair of side-keeper bolts 30 that extend through a pair of holes (not shown) in panels 28.
  • the first pairs of side-keeper bolts 30 holding panels 28 onto the first support frame 26 behind front section 12 protrude through slits 24 in panels 16 supported by sled 18.
  • the subsequent pairs of side-keeper bolts 30 each also protrude through the slits 24 that extend horizontally along a panel 28 that is longitudinally ahead of that pair of bolts.
  • each of corrugated panels 28 has a fixed end 27 joined by a pair of side-keeper bolts 30 to a support frame 26 and a floating end 29 through which a second pair of side-keeper bolts 30 protrudes through the slits 24 extending along the panel, such that the floating end 29 of the panel overlaps the fixed end 27 of the corrugated panel 28 longitudinally behind it and adjacent to it.
  • each of side-keeper bolts 30 preferably includes a rectangular-shaped head 30a having a width that is large enough to prevent the corresponding slit 24 through which the bolt 30 extends from moving sideways away from its supporting frame 26.
  • sled 18 of front section 12 is rotatably mounted on preferably two substantially parallel guiderails 32 and 34, while each of support frames 26 of mobile sections 14 are all slidably mounted on guiderails 32 and 34.
  • Guiderails 32 and 34 are steel C-channel rails that are anchored to the ground 35 by a plurality of anchors 36.
  • Anchors 36 are typically bolts that protrude through guiderail support plates 36A into a suitable base material, such as concrete 37 or asphalt (not shown), that has been buried in the ground 35.
  • the base material is used as a drill template for anchors 36.
  • the base material is in the form of a pad extending at least the length of crash attenuator 10.
  • this pad is a 28MPa or 4000 PSI min. steel reinforced concrete that is six inches thick and flush with the ground.
  • Mounting holes in concrete 37 receive anchors 36 protruding through guiderail support plates 36A.
  • Front section 12 is rotatably mounted on guiderails 32 and 34 by a plurality (preferably four) of roller assemblies 39 on which sled 18 of front section 12 is mounted to prevent sled 18 from hanging up as it slides along guiderails 32 and 34.
  • roller assemblies 39 includes a wheel 39a that engages and rides on an inside channel 43 of C-channel rails 32 and 34.
  • Support frames 26 are attached to guiderails 32 and 34 by a bracket 38 that is a side guide that engages the upper portion of guiderails 32 and 34.
  • Each of support section frames 26 includes a pair of side guides 38.
  • Each side guide 38 supporting mobile sections 14 is bolted or welded to one side of the vertical support members 20 used to form frames 26.
  • the side guides 38 track guiderails 32 and 34 back as the crash attenuator telescopes down in response to a frontal hit by a crashing vehicle 50.
  • roller assemblies 39 and side guides 38 engaging guiderails 32 and 34 they serve the functions of giving attenuator 10 longitudinal strength, deflection strength, and impact stability by preventing crash attenuator 10 from buckling up or sideways upon frontal or side impacts, thereby allowing a crashing vehicle to be redirected during a side impact.
  • each of support frames 26 would include a pair of side guides 38 that would slidably track guiderail 32/34 as crash attenuator 10 telescopes down in response to a frontal hit by a crashing vehicle 50.
  • skid legs mounted on the outside of front section 12 and support frames 26 for balancing purposes. Located on the bottom of the skid legs would be a skid that slides along the base material, such as concrete 37, buried in ground 35.
  • a cable 41 is attached to front sled 18 by an open spelter socket 40 attached to sled 18.
  • cable 41 is a 28.575mm (1.125”) diameter wire rope cable formed from galvanized steel.
  • cable 41 could be formed from metals other than galvanized steel, or from other non-metallic materials, such as nylon, provided that cable 41, when made from such other materials has sufficient tensile strength, which is preferably at least 12473.790Kg (27,500 lbs). Cable 41 could also be a chain rather than a rope design, provided that it has such tensile strength.
  • spelter socket 40 cable 41 is then pulled through a stationary sheave that is an open backed tube 42 and that is mounted on a front guiderail support plate 36A of crash attenuator 10. Cable 41 then runs to the rear of crash attenuator 10, where there is located a shock-arresting cylinder 44 including an initially extended piston rod 47, a first multiplicity of sheaves 45 positioned at the rear end of cylinder 44, and a second multiplicity of sheaves 46 positioned at the front end of rod 47 extending from cylinder 44.
  • a shock-arresting cylinder 44 including an initially extended piston rod 47, a first multiplicity of sheaves 45 positioned at the rear end of cylinder 44, and a second multiplicity of sheaves 46 positioned at the front end of rod 47 extending from cylinder 44.
  • Figure 4b shows the circular steel guide ring bushings 31 attached to guiderail 32 by gusset 33 that help protect cable 41 as it travels back to cylinder 44 through a plurality of gussets 33 ( see, e.g., Figure 2 ) extending between guiderails 32 and 34.
  • cable 41 At the rear of crash attenuator 10, cable 41 first runs to the bottom sheave of multiple sheaves 45 positioned at the back of cylinder 44. Cable 41 then runs to the bottom sheave of multiple sheaves 46 positioned at the front end of cylinder piston rod 47.
  • Multiple sheaves 46 are attached to a movable plate 48, which slides longitudinally backwards as cylinder piston rod 47 is compressed into cylinder 44.
  • cable 41 is looped a total of three times around multiple sheaves 45 and 46, after which cable 41 is terminated in a threaded adjustable eye bolt 49 attached to a plate 59 that is welded to the inside of C-channel 32 ( see, e.g., Figure 6b ). Cable 41 is terminated to adjustable eyebolt 49 using multiple wire rope clips 57 shown in Figures 5 and 6b .
  • sheaves 45 and 46 are each pinned by a pair of pins 51 (see, e.g ., Figure 4a ), which prevent sheaves 45 and 46 from rotating (except when pins 51 are removed) as cable 41 slides around them.
  • pins 51 are removed to allow the rotation of sheaves 45 and 46 in connection with the resetting of attenuator 10 after impact by a vehicle.
  • front section 12 When front section 12 is hit by a vehicle 50, it is pushed back by vehicle 50 until sled 18 contacts the support frame 26' of the first mobile section 14' behind front section 12.
  • cable 41 in combination with cylinder 44 exerts a force that resists the movement of section 12 and sled 18 backwards.
  • the resistive force exerted by cable 41 is controlled by shock-arresting cylinder 44.
  • Cylinder 44 is metered with internal orifices (not shown) running longitudinally within cylinder 44. The orifices in cylinder 44 allow a hydraulic or pneumatic fluid from a first, inner compartment (also not shown) within piston 44 escape to a second, outer jacket compartment (also not shown) of cylinder 44.
  • the orifices control the amount of fluid that can move from the inner compartment to the outer compartment at any given time. As piston rod 47 moves past various orifices within cylinder 44, those orifices become unavailable for fluid movement, resulting in an energy-dependent resistance to a compressing force being exerted on piston rod 47 of cylinder 44 by cable 41 as it is pulled around the pair of multiple sheaves 45 and 46 in response to being pulled backwards by sled 18 of front section 12.
  • the size and spacing of the orifices within cylinder 44 are preferably designed to steadily decrease the amount of fluid that can move from the inner compartment to the outer compartment of cylinder 44 at any given time in coordination with the decrease in velocity of impacting vehicle 50 over a predefined distance so that vehicle 50 experiences a substantially constant rate of deceleration to thereby provide a steady ride-down in velocity for vehicle 50. Also, this arrangement increases or decreases resistance, depending on whether the impacting vehicle has a higher or lower velocity, respectively, than cylinder 44 is designed to readily handle, allowing extended ridedown distances for both slower velocity vehicles (due to decreased resistance) and higher velocity vehicles (due to increased resistance).
  • Cylinder 44's control of the resisting force exerted on sled 18 by cable 41 results in attenuator 10 providing a controlled ride-down of any vehicle 50 impacting attenuator 10 that is based on the kinetic energy of vehicle 50 as it impacts attenuator 10.
  • vehicle 50 first impacts sled 18 of attenuator 10
  • its initial velocity is very high, and, thus, initially, sled 18 is accelerated by vehicle 50 to a very high velocity.
  • cable 41 is pulled backwards and around sheaves 45 and 46 very rapidly, causing cylinder 44 to be compressed very rapidly.
  • a large amount of the hydraulic fluid in cylinder 44 must be transferred from the inner compartment to the outer compartment of cylinder 44.
  • fluid compartments of cylinder 44 can be of alternative designs, wherein the first and second compartments, which are inner and outer compartments in the embodiment described above, are side by side or top and bottom, by way of alternative examples.
  • cylinder 44 and piston rod 47 can be reversed, wherein piston rod 47's rest position is to be initially within cylinder 44, rather than initially extended from cylinder 44.
  • cable 41 would be terminated at the end of piston rod 47 and both the first and second multiplicity of sheaves 45 and 46 would be stationary.
  • Cylinder 44 would again include orifices to control the amount of fluid being transferred from a first chamber to a second chamber as piston rod 47 extends out of cylinder 44.
  • multiple cylinders 44 and/or multiple cables 41 could be used in the operation of crash attenuator 10 of the present invention.
  • the multiple cylinders 44 could be positioned in tandem, with corresponding multiple, compressible piston rods 47 being attached to movable plate 48 on which movable multiple sheaves 46 are mounted through an appropriate bracket (not shown).
  • at least one cable 41 would still be looped around multiple sheaves 45 and 46, after which it would be terminated in eye bolt 49 attached to plate 59.
  • one or more cables 41 could be terminated at the end of multiple, extendable piston rods 47 after being looped around multiple sheaves 45 and 46.
  • multiple cylinders 44 could be positioned in tandem. A single cable 41 would be attached to extendable piston rods 47 through an appropriate bracket (not shown).
  • the crash attenuator 10 of the present invention is a vehicle-energy-dependent system which allows vehicles of smaller masses to be decelerated in a longer ride-down than fixed force systems that are designed to handle smaller and larger mass vehicles with the same fixed stopping force.
  • the friction from cable 41 being pulled around open backed tube 42 and multiple sheaves 45 and 46 dissipates a significant amount of the kinetic energy of a vehicle striking crash attenuator 10.
  • the dissipation of a vehicle's kinetic energy by such friction allows the use of a smaller bore cylinder 44.
  • the multiple loops of cable 41 around sheaves 45 and 46 provides a 6 to 1 mechanical advantage ratio, which allows a 0.8763 meter (34.5") stroke for piston rod 47 of cylinder 44 with a 5.2578 meter (207”) vehicle travel distance.
  • cable 41 is formed from a material that produces less friction when cable 41 is pulled around open backed tube 42 and multiple sheaves 45 and 46 a smaller amount of the kinetic energy of a vehicle striking crash attenuator 10 will be dissipated from friction.
  • the dissipation of a smaller amount of a vehicle's kinetic energy by such lesser amount of friction will require the use of a cylinder 44 with a larger bore and/or orifices with having a larger size that are preferably designed to further decrease the amount of hydraulic fluid that can move from the inner compartment to the outer compartment of cylinder 44 at any given time.
  • a premium hydraulic fluid in cylinder 44 which has fire resistance properties and a very high viscosity index to allow minimal viscosity changes over a wide ambient mean temperature range.
  • the hydraulic fluid used in the present invention is a fire-resistant fluid, such as Shell IRUS-D fluid with a viscosity index of 210. It should be noted, however, that the present invention is not limited to the use of this particular type of fluid.
  • the resistive force exerted by the cable and cylinder arrangement used with the crash attenuator 10 of the present invention maintains the deceleration of an impacting vehicle 50 at a predetermined rate of deceleration, i.e., preferably 10 millisecond averages of less than 147.15 m/s 2 (15g's), but not to exceed the maximum 196.2 m/s 2 (20g's) specified by NCHRP Report 350.
  • the same cable and cylinder arrangement is used for vehicle velocities of 100 kmh, which is in the NCHRP Level 3 category, as is used for vehicle velocities of 70 kmh (NCHRP Level 2 category unit), or with higher velocities in accordance with NCHRP Level 4 category.
  • Level 2 units of the crash attenuator would typically be shorter than Level 3 units, since the length needed to stop a slower moving vehicle of a given mass upon impact is shorter than the same vehicle moving at a higher velocity upon impact.
  • an attenuator designed for Level 4 would be longer since the length needed to stop a faster moving vehicle of the same mass is longer.
  • the crash attenuator of the present invention it is the velocity of a vehicle impacting the attenuator, not simply the mass of the vehicle, that determines the stopping distance of the vehicle to thereby meet the g force exerted on the vehicle during the vehicle ride-down as specified in NCHRP Report 350.
  • the number of mobile sections and support frames that a crash attenuator could change, depending on the NCHRP Report 350 category level of the attenuator.
  • front section 12 When a vehicle 50 collides with front section 12, which is initially at rest, front section 12 is accelerated by vehicle 50 as the cable and cylinder arrangement of the present invention resists the backwards translation of section 12. Acceleration of front section 12 and sled 18 reduces a predetermined amount of energy resulting from vehicle 50 impacting the front end of crash attenuator 10.
  • an unsecured occupant in a colliding vehicle must, after travel of 0.6 meters (1.968 ft.) relative to the vehicle reach a preferred velocity of preferably 9 meters per second (29.52 ft. per sec.) or less relative to the vehicle, and not exceeding 12 meters per second.
  • This design specification is achieved in the present invention by designing the mass of front section 12 to achieve this occupant velocity for a crashing vehicle having a minimum weight of 820 kg. and a maximum weight of 2000 Kg., and by providing a reduced initial resistive force exerted by the cable and cylinder arrangement of the present invention that is based on the kinetic energy of a vehicle as it impacts the crash attenuator 10.
  • a reduced initial resistive force exerted by the cable and cylinder arrangement of the present invention that is based on the kinetic energy of a vehicle as it impacts the crash attenuator 10.
  • corrugated panels 28' supported by frame 26' also translate backwards with mobile section 14' and slides over the corrugated panels 28" supported by support frame 26" of the next mobile section 14".
  • the corrugated panels 28" supported by frame 26" translate backwards and slide over the corrugated panels 28"' supported by support frame 26'" of the next mobile section 14"', and so on until vehicle 50 stops and/or corrugated panels 28 are fully stacked onto one another as shown in Figure 7 .
  • the top and bottom edges of side panels 16 and 28 may or may not extend beyond the tops and bottoms, respectively, of the sled 18 and the support frames 26.
  • a plurality of hump gussets 120 mounted behind side panels 16 and 28 are a plurality of hump gussets 120 located approximately 76,2/406.4mm 3/16" underneath the top and bottom ridges 104 of such panels. Hump gussets 120 support panels 16 and 28 from bending over or under during a side impact.
  • hump gussets 120 are preferably 76,2/406.4mm (3/16") trapezoidal-shaped plates welded to vertical members 20 and to horizontal support gussets 122, which preferably are 6.35mm (1 ⁇ 4") triangular-shaped plates that are also welded to vertical members 20. Gussets 120 and 122 stop all opening of the edges of panels 16 and 28 due to crushing upon impact right at the juncture of such panel with another panel 28 upon a reverse hit by a vehicle. The hump gussets 120 give the top and bottom ridges 104 of panels 16 and 28 rigidity to help strengthen the other ridges 104 of such panels.
  • the mobile frames 14 are symmetrical by themselves side-to-side, but asymmetrical compared to each other. Looking from the rear to the front of crash attenuator 10, each mobile frame 14's width is increased to allow the side corrugated panels 28 from frame 14 to frame 14 to stack over and onto each other.
  • the collapsing of the side corrugated panels 16 and 28 requires that the front section 12 corrugated panels 16 be on the outside when side corrugated panels 28 are fully stacked over and onto one another and all of frames 14 are stacked onto section 12, as shown in Figure 7 .
  • the taper from frame 14 to frame 14, and thus support frame 26 to support frame 26, is necessary to let the panels 28 stacked over and onto one another and not be forced outward as they telescope down.
  • the nominal width of support frames 26 is approximately 609.6mm (24"), not including panels 28 (which add an additional 174.625mm (6.875")), but this width varies due to the taper in width of frames 26 from front to back of crash attenuator 10.
  • each mobile frame 14's width (looking from the rear to the front of crash attenuator 10,) can be decreased to allow the side corrugated panels 28 from frame 14 to frame 14 to stack within each other.
  • the collapsing of the side corrugated panels 28 requires that the front section 12 and corrugated panels 16 be on the inside when side corrugated panels 28 are fully stacked within one another and section 12 and all of the trailing frames 14 are stacked within the last frame 14.
  • the first pairs of side-keeper bolts 30 holding panels 28' onto the first support frame 26' and protruding through slits 24 in panels 16 slide along slits 24 as panels 16 translate backwards with front section 12.
  • the second pairs of side-keeper bolts 30 holding panels 28" onto the second support frame 26" and protruding through slits 24 in panels 28' slide along slits 24 as panels 28' translate backwards with mobile section 14'.
  • the first pairs of side-keeper bolts 30 holding panels 28' onto the first support frame 26' have extension wings to provide more holding surface for the initial high velocity acceleration and increased flex of panels 16.
  • the present invention uses a cable and cylinder arrangement with a varying restraining force to control the rate at which a crashing vehicle is decelerated to safely stop the vehicle
  • accelerating the mass of the crash attenuator's various frames and other structures during collision also contributes to the stopping force provided by the attenuator.
  • the total stopping force exerted on a colliding vehicle is a combination of friction, the resistance exerted by the shock arresting cylinder and the acceleration of the crash attenuator structural masses in response to the velocity of the colliding vehicle upon receipt, and crush factors in the body and frame of the crashing vehicle.
  • front section 12 and mobile sections 14 will not be physically damaged because of the manner in which they are designed to translate away from crashing vehicle 50 and telescope down. The result is that the amount of linear space occupied by front section 12 and mobile sections 14 is substantially reduced, as depicted in Figures 8 , 9 and 10 . After a crash event, front section 12 and mobile sections 14 can then be returned to their original extended positions, as shown in Figures 1 and 2 , for reuse.
  • multiple sheaves 45 and 46 are each pinned by a pair of pins 51, which prevents sheaves 45 and 46 from rotating except when pins 51 are removed to allow the rotation of sheaves 45 and 46 in connection with the resetting of attenuator 10 after impact by a vehicle.
  • side panels 28 mounted on the sides of mobile sections 14 are somewhat shorter in length than side panels 16 mounted on the sides of front section 12.
  • side panels 28 and side panels 16 are identical in construction to one another. Accordingly, the following description of side panel 16 is applicable to side panel 28.
  • Figure 15 is a plan view of a side panel 16.
  • panels 16 and 28 are corrugated panels including a plurality of angular corrugations or flutes that include a plurality of flat ridges 104 and flat grooves 106 connected together by flat slanted middle sections 110.
  • each panel 28 includes four flat ridges 104 and three flat grooves 106 connected together by middle sections 110.
  • extending within the two outer grooves 106 are the slits 24 through which pass the side-keeper bolts 30 that allow the floating end 29 of each panel 28 to overlap the fixed end 27 of the next corrugated panel 28 (not shown in Figure 15 ) longitudinally behind the first panel and adjacent to it, as shown in Figure 1 .
  • the ridges 104, grooves 106 and middle sections 110 are coextensive with one another so as to form a straight leading edge 100.
  • the ridges 104, grooves 106 and middle sections 110 are not coextensive with one another. Rather, the grooves 106 extend longitudinally further than the ridges 104, so as to form in combination with the middle sections 110 connecting them together, a corrugated trailing edge 102.
  • each ridge 104 is bent in toward the succeeding ridge 104 to preclude a vehicle reverse impacting crash attenuator 10 from getting snagged by the trailing edge 102 of panel 28.
  • the middle sections 110 connecting the ridge 104 to adjacent grooves 106 each have a curved portion 109. Curved portion 109 also serves to prevent a vehicle reverse impacting the crash attenuator from getting snagged by the trailing edge 102 of the panel 28.
  • Figures 16a to 16c show several embodiments of the trapezoidal-like profile of angular corrugated side panels 28. Each of Figures 16a to 16c shows a different embodiment with a different angle for the middle sections 110 joining the ridges 104 and grooves 106 of the panels.
  • Figure 16a shows a first embodiment of side panel 28 wherein the middle sections 110 form a 41° angle, such that the length of the ridges 104 and grooves 106 are approximately the same.
  • Figure 16b shows the profile of a second embodiment of corrugated panel 28 in which the middle sections 110 form a 14° angle, such that the length of the ridges 104 are longer than the grooves 106.
  • Figure 16c shows the profile of a third embodiment of corrugated panel 28 in which the middle sections 110 form a 65° angle, such that the length of the ridges 104 are shorter than the grooves 106.
  • side panels 16 and 28 are formed from 10 gauge grade 50 steel, although 12 gauge steel and mild and other higher grades of steel could also be used.
  • corrugated side panels 16 and 28 are used with the crash attenuator 10 of the present invention, it should be noted that the side panels may also be used as part of a guardrail arrangement not unlike the traditional W-corrugated panels and thrie beam panels used with guardrails. In a guardrail application, the width of side panels 16/28 would typically be less than the width of panels 16 and 28 used with crash attenuator 10 of the present invention.
  • rigid structural panel members provide a smooth transition from crash attenuator 10 to a fixed obstacle of different shapes (See Figures 11a through 14b ) located longitudinally behind attenuator 10.
  • a terminal brace 54 (numbered 26 on 11b, 12b, 13b, 14b and only numbered on 13a) is the last support frame that is used to attach the transitions to a given fixed obstacle. Terminal brace 54 is bolted to the end of guardrail 32 and 34.
  • Transition 56 includes a first section 60 that is bolted to a pair of vertical supports 62 and a tapering second section 64 that is bolted to a third vertical support 66.
  • the tapering second section 64 serves to reduce the vertical dimension of transition 56 from the larger dimension 65 of corrugated panel 28 that is part of crash attenuator 10 to the smaller dimension of the thrie-beam guardrail 58.
  • the flat ridges 104, flat grooves 106, and flat slanted middle sections 110 of tapering second section 64 are angled to meet and overlap the curved peaks and valleys of the thrie-beam 68.
  • the two bottommost flat ridges 104 of tapering second section 64 meeting together to form , with their corresponding flat grooves 106 and flat slanted middle sections 110, an overlap of the bottommost curved peak and valley of the thrie-beam 68.
  • FIGS 12a to 12c show different views of a transition 68 for connecting crash attenuator 10 to a jersey barrier 70.
  • Transition 68 has a tapering design that allows it to provide a transition from the larger dimension 65 of corrugated panel 28 that is part of crash attenuator 10 to the smaller dimension 69 of the upper vertical part 71 of jersey barrier 70.
  • Transition 68 is bolted between terminal brace 54 and vertical part 71 of jersey barrier 70.
  • Transition 68 includes a plurality of corrugations 72 of varying length to accommodate the tapering design of transition 68. Corrugations 72 extend the flat ridges 104, flat grooves 106, and flat slanted middle sections 110 of the side panels 28 and provide additional structural strength to transition 68.
  • FIGS 13a and 13b show different views of a transition 74 for connecting crash attenuator 10 to a concrete barrier 76.
  • Transition 74 has two transition panels 73 and 75 (which can be a single panel) that allow it to provide a transition from the corrugated panel 28 that is part of crash attenuator 10 to the concrete barrier 76.
  • Transition 74 is bolted between terminal brace 54 and concrete barrier 76.
  • Panels 73 and 75 of transition 74 each include a pair of corrugated indentations 78 of the same length that extend the flat ridges 104, flat grooves 106, and flat slanted middle sections 110 of the side panels 28 and that provide additional structural strength to panels 73 and 75 of transition 74.
  • FIGS 14a and 14b show different views of a transition 80 for connecting crash attenuator 10 to a W-beam guardrail 82.
  • Transition 80 includes a first section 84 that is bolted to terminal brace 54 and a pair of vertical supports 86 and a tapering second section 88 that is bolted to three vertical supports 90.
  • the tapering second section 88 serves to reduce the vertical dimension of transition 80 from the larger dimension 65 of corrugated panel 28 that is part of crash attenuator 10 to the smaller dimension 92 of the W-beam guardrail 82.
  • the flat ridges 104, flat grooves 106, and flat slanted middle sections 110 of tapering second section 88 are angled to meet and overlap the curved peaks and valleys of the W-beam guardrail 82.
  • the two topmost and the two bottommost flat ridges 104 of tapering second section 88 meet together to form , with their corresponding flat grooves 106 and flat slanted middle sections 110, overlap of the top and bottom curved peaks and valleys of the W-beam 82.
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